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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
10
A Georgia preacher preached in pine shade in shirt sleeves. Afterward a follower told him a New York editor attended, and the preacher said he kept his coat on a chair nearby to watch it closely, showing wary humor about readers.
The canal chief engineer Lt Col George Goethals announced December 1913 as the completion date with full navigation by June 1 1915 to allow training of tender crews. Delays risk for ships using the route until prep and machinery are fully operational. He also commented on entailing a further $100 million request for work and outlined major earth removal from Culebra and other slides totaling over 2.5 million cubic yards in the central division with greater removal nationwide.
The report shows 43,000,000 cubic yards moved in the canal year with 15,000,000 from the Culebra cut and 10,000,000 from the Chagres section. About 35,000,000 cubic yards remain in the Culebra cut. Canal Zone employees peaked at 38,676 on March 30, then averaged 35,578 at year end.
The report notes 900000 from Congress as unfounded and projects canal completion in 1918 within 375000000 authorized. It cites president satisfaction at progress since 1909, but chief engineer warns of slides floods hindering work with acreages 7.4 7.8 4.6 and 1.7. A separate item discusses Kaiser's yacht upgrade and budget constraints affecting royal shipping plans.
A German inventor patents an automobile fender resembling street car devices designed to pick up a person who may be stranded. The report mentions new comet discoveries and notes an average of three new comets are found annually by astronomers.
An OCR fragment reports Ohio population figures and a vase count with small percentage changes. It lists numbers for population 190 and a 1 percent increase, plus a later note showing 19 percent and 18 percent alongside references to a cone and ROTO el.
Graphophone records of speakers and singers to be kept at the Bibliotheque Nationale form a new “museum of speech” aimed at preserving great authors orators and actors. The project promises to transmit the tones of Racine Moliere and Shakespeare to future generations through phonographic recordings.
The Chinese government plans to establish iron works for sale in Shansi province to exploit large mineral deposits. Lead glass research shows it blocks X rays nearly as well as lead, according to English experts.
Early census figures include Indian Territory now part of Oklahoma. Population rose to about 1,007,186 in 1910, up 17.2 percent since 1907, with 1,414,77 in 1900 and earlier counts in 1890.
The Chicago livestock show drew 4855 entries across 1191 horses 1194 cattle 1163 sheep and 807 hogs in twenty buildings with over 250000 attendees. Intercollegiate judging grows in prominence as many breeders send sons to agricultural colleges or support those institutions.
Miss Della Sharp of Jasper County Missouri won her bid for circuit clerk of the Twenty fifth Judicial District. A former deputy for twelve years she campaigned by auto visiting mining districts and boarding houses. She handed out cards and cigars and urged Democrats to vote Nov. 8 with slogans like Vote For the Girl and scratches for the ticket.
A Trinidad clergy man designed a postage stamp machine now improved in London. The device resembles a typewriter and stamps 4000 items per hour with high accuracy. It holds 50000 stamps and automatically registers each use. It accepts only genuine stamps and reportedly returns wrong pieces without compensation. Plans said to place units in underground stations and pillar boxes.
In New York state an artificial camphor factory produces a turpentine derived substitute aimed at competing with natural camphor. It claims no chemical difference apart from origin, with oxygen added during processing. Camphor usage is three quarters in the arts and one quarter in medicine.
Japan furnishes 42 percent of American tea imports while China accounts for 14 percent and the East Indies 81 percent. Ohio has constructed a single cylinder engine rated at 5000 horsepower and weighing about 750,000 pounds for a steel rolling mill.
The Consolidated Street Railways serves Strong City and Cottonwood Falls Kansas with a nickel fare under an honor system. Two miles of track cost under 800 dollars and the line operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. with at least eight riders daily.
The report notes a glut in London from rising Australian and New Zealand lamb exports. It also records continued German emigration with 1909 showing 5 038 more emigrants than 1908 after an 11 818 decline in 1908.
A suburban train carries shoppers home after shopping for Christmas. A little girl chats with a tall man about gifts and her father’s mustache, while a coughing woman nearby handles the holiday bustle. The girl explains her sister “has gone to live with the angels.”
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Knicker limiting bills to dates only, sparking questions about household expense tracking and financial discipline. No further details or names beyond the Knicker family are provided.
The article recounts Rev. James Paterson of Philadelphia noting ministers should be humble and poor like their Master. He said he prayed to be kept humble not poor, trusting his church for poverty if needed.
In Newark New Jersey a youth and girl wed in a home ceremony after living six to weeks in a Cathkill mountain cave. The groom wore a patched gray coat and camping shirt while the bride wore a plain black wool frock as Rev. Dr Ly man W Allen presided. Both whispered At last as they became man and wife.
Police pursuing a black burglar in Ridgefield Park uncover a separate burglary in a tailor shop. Two white men loading $600 worth of cloth into a wagon fled. one escaped, the other, Martin Goersen of New York, is jailed in Hackensack.
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